One of these Nutellas is not like the other

05/27/09on

Nutella is my crack. I like to run laps just so I can eat Nutella. I’m a slave to the hazelnut. So, when I was eating Nutella out of the jar with a butter knife, shamelessly the other day, I noticed something. Take a look. Do you see it?

No, it’s not the fact that I hoard Nutella jars like a crackhead.

One of the jars, I bought in an American grocery store, made for the American market and one of the jars I bought in a Russian grocery store, made for the Polish market but for some reason being sold in Northeast Philadelphia. Do you see the difference? Can you guess which is which?

Yup, the European one is much smaller. Figures. But why? Everyone knows French women don’t get fat. Why can’t we have the same serving sizes in the United States? Is it a combination of culture plus some sort of economic benefits of economies of scale of producing larger jars of Nutella? Is it because Europe itself is smaller, lending to smaller houses and smaller portion sizes?